Old 03-28-2020, 10:35 AM   #1
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John Braner a fellow Reaper person let me loose on his tune "Sitting Duck" as I felt there was a song lurking in there. All recorded in Reaper. Music/instruments/recording and production by John except for my vocal bits which he skilfully wove into the mix.

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Old 03-28-2020, 11:50 AM   #2
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This has a drive-through-the-country-with-the-windows-down feel. Cruising music. Seems I missed the original.
Tremolo used to great effect.
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Old 03-28-2020, 01:07 PM   #3
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Thanks Sammy I got a Bob Seger vibe from it, just that wind in the hair feel. Most of John's work is pretty complex, I was lucky to find this one that I could work with, and to have his OK to go ahead. He was very generous with his time on incorporating my vocals.
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Old 03-28-2020, 01:14 PM   #4
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I liked this!
The bridge was soo good, but the vocals was a bit low on that part.
There was also a ride bell click that I found disturbing.
Still, good work
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Old 03-28-2020, 01:17 PM   #5
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Cheers Mikke. John was reluctant at first to have any vocal there at all so probably dropped it down a bit subconsciously. I can live with it. Your ears are sharper than mine re the cowbell 60 years playing bass does take the edge off a bit!
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Old 04-04-2020, 06:20 AM   #6
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Great song. Great arrangement. I really like the electric during the verse - then the smooth keyboard into "kicking up some dust". That's a great transition. I think the first note drops out though. I love the vocals.

I like the rythmic synth part, but i might push that down in the mix - made it almost subliminal. You could also use a delay and pan semi-opposite of the original part BUT you probably don't need that much movement. I think moving the drums "back" with just a tad more verb. Great job!
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Thanks Chris. This was a bit of a departure for John, I think, letting me loose with his work. The only changes I asked him to make were to remove a guitar track which was stopping me from forming my own melody. After that it's entirely his musical production with my song/vocals added. We agreed to disagree over delays that he incorporated into the vocal tracks and he very kindly removed them at my behest. I think we took it as far as we could whilst having very different musical views and pedigree and staying friends too! All in all a pretty good result for me.
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